An antifascist war

[cema]

A friend leaned across a bar and said, "You call the war in Iraq an antifascist war. You even call it a left-wing war—a war of liberation. That language of yours! And yet, on the left, not too many people agree with you."

I am glad I do not have to serve drinks in this journal, anyhow. :-)

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Civil war

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One of the principles of liberalism is "Egalite, Fraternite, Liberte".
So, from the ethical point of view, certainly, the right thing to do was to fight for abolition. Not to mention that there are objective economical reasons for why slavery hurts, reasons so deep that South is still feeling them, 150 after the war.

Now, whether or not that was also a reasonable and rational thing to do, depended on a number circumstances. You see, if the federalists did not have enough of manpower to fight the Confederacy, would they stand a chance of winning? Under the historic circumstances - they did and they did.

To summarize: when you are considering whether to do something, you should ask yourself two questions: (a) is it the right thing to do and (b) what is the best way to achieve success....

Re: Civil war

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One of the principles of liberalism is "Egalite, Fraternite, Liberte".

Is that one or three? Anyhow, the slogan came from the French revolution. How universal is it?

from the ethical point of view, certainly, the right thing to do was to fight for abolition

And they did. Although it seems to be moral, rather than ethical, but I often make mistakes in these matters.

(a) is it the right thing to do and (b) what is the best way to achieve success

This is rather universal. What were conservatives supposed to do at the time, in your opinion?

Re: Civil war

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What were conservatives supposed to do at the time, in your opinion?

Conserve. (-:

Re: Civil war

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That would be conservants.